127 new Registered Nurses graduated 

127 newly Registered Nurses (RN) who have completed three years of studies and 12 months Nurses Supervised Practice program since March 2020 had graduated on Thursday at the Holy Cross Cathedral. The graduation ceremony was attended by Ministry of Health & Medical Services (MHMS) Officials, Solomon Islands Nursing Council reps, and the parents and friends of…

DEO HITS BACK 

Dear Editor – I refer to the above title which was the front page article of the Island Sun newspaper of Saturday 12th June 2021. In the article at page 2 of your paper, Deo of AIPF referred to “The client in Naha (aka Robert Lesson) in the social media.” The same article may have also…

LANDOWNERS DEMAND TALKS

‘14 days notice to Win Win mining looming soon’   CHIEFS and tribal owners of Turarana land are demanding Win Win Investment Company to a round table discussion over the log of claims which the company never responded to. Turarana landowner and spokesperson Joel Jackson told Solomon Star in an exclusive interview that this decision…

“IT’S NEWS TO US”

IRD to investigate alleged potential tax evasion by AIPF THE Inland Revenue Division (IRD) of the Ministry of Finance and Treasury has reportedly described as “news to us” alleged potential tax evasion by AIPF and its owner, Deogratias Harorimana in a meeting earlier this week. The disclosure was reportedly made in a meeting with representatives…

MP grilled over alleged misuse of funds 

POLICE had interviewed the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ulawa/Ugi, William Marau last week over alleged misuse of housing project funds in his consistency, Police Chief Mostyn Mangau told reporters Thursday. Mr. Mangau said the MP’s file will be finalized and then sent to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) for sanction and…

BECH-DE-MER DESTROYED

‘Illegally harvested BDM products burnt into ashes’   HALF a tonne of bech-de-mer (BDM) products confiscated from both individuals and Chinese companies were burnt to ashes by the Ministry of Fisheries & Marine Resources (MFMR) Compliance team, Thursday. Speaking before the products were burnt, Director of Fisheries, Eddie Honiwala said the decision to burn the…